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- Comment on [Episode] Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express • Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway - Episode 8 discussion 17 hours ago:
That’s pretty much what he says in the original Japanese though.
- Comment on [Episode] Turkey! Time to Strike • Turkey! - Episode 7 discussion 1 day ago:
I guess they’ve given up on not influencing future events, which is probably fine since their first act was to save the life of a minor noble.
- Comment on [Discussion] Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Ch. 143 1 day ago:
Love that panel of Land taking the hit for Ubel not out of self-sacrifice, but because he’s there as a clone anyways so it’s not as much of a problem for him to get hurt. Would be a neat twist if we discovered that this Ubel was also a clone because she finally understands Land well enough to use his technique, but it seems that isn’t the case. Maybe we’ll get something like that in the future, who knows.
- Comment on What is a perfect anime? 2 days ago:
I love Kaguya-sama: Love is War, but it’s not perfect. One of my favorite Papa Shirogane scenes got cut when they made the movie!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 34] 4 days ago:
In addition to what other have suggested, here are my favorite recent and semi-recent shows that are on Crunchyroll:
- Dan Da Dan - insanely chaotic fights involving aliens and yokai, and it has a really good romance plot mixed in as well
- Takopi’s Original Sin - I should warn you this one is kind of hard to watch, mostly because it’s really sad and maybe a little too real. Never seen an anime start with a suicide trigger warning before. It’s great though.
- Brave Bang Bravern! - Big gay robots. Hilarious story about some very close friends fighting off an alien invasion
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! - Some high school girls team up to make short anime
- Skip and Loafer - A charming story about a really smart country girl getting used to the Tokyo life when she moves there for high school. Probably about 30% romance, 70% coming of age. Out of every anime I’ve seen I think this one might have the realest-feeling characters. I think season 2 is supposed to air in the semi-near future.
- The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really REALLY Love You - The best and most haremest harem anime. There are a lot of things setting this one apart from its peers, but I think what sets it apart most is that Rentarou is a genuinely great guy. At the beginning of the anime you’ll think “Dang, those are some cute character designs. I want to date these girls!” and then by the end of Season 2 you’ll just wish you were dating Rentarou too. Don’t get me wrong though, it’s every bit as degenerate as it sounds. More, perhaps.
- Comment on [Episode] The Summer Hikaru Died • Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu - Episode 7 discussion 5 days ago:
When Yoshiki suggested they skip school I felt a vague sense of foreboding. When he called his mom I felt a much stronger sense of foreboding. I guess we know where that knife in the OP comes from now!
Also this show continues to be the gayest thing ever. I couldn’t help laughing when Hikaru gave Yoshiki half of himself. The symbolism is not subtle.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is the most niche genre that you like? 5 days ago:
I read lots of manga so that’s perfect. Thanks!
- Comment on [Discussion] 10 Must-Watch Netflix Anime You Can Finish in One Weekend 5 days ago:
Crazy to see The Way of the Househusband on here; it’s one of the worst adaptation I’ve ever seen. Indeed it feels generous to even say they animated it.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is the most niche genre that you like? 5 days ago:
What are your favorites? The only thing I can think of that I’ve seen is Wotakoi and even that has a relationship in it that’s kinda toxic.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is the most niche genre that you like? 6 days ago:
Have you been watching City the Animation? Made by the same people who did Nichijou, and it shows.
- Comment on [Episode] DAN DA DAN Season 2 • Dandadan 2nd Season - Episode 7 discussion 6 days ago:
That maid cafe scene was amazing. What great friends Momo has! I especially liked the shot where Ken was trying his best to find anywhere at all to look that wasn’t too embarrassing for him.
- Comment on [Episode] Turkey! Time to Strike • Turkey! - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
They were having such a serious conversation and all I could think about was that Suguri had dropped a high-carbon steel sword into the lake and didn’t seem to care at all.
- Comment on Clevatess • Clevatess: Majuu no Ou to Akago to Kabane no Yuusha - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
Can’t say I expected even a little bit that that guy’s magic could do a thing to Clevatess, but here we are.
- Comment on [News] Takopi's Original Sin becomes first anime to have each episode rated over 9 on IMDb 1 week ago:
If you’re genuinely curious to know why it’s so good the Quest for the Best podcast has announced they’ll be discussing that on this monday’s episode.
- Comment on Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes? 1 week ago:
leveling up your build periodically from a randomly selected set of options
The bosses are also randomly selected
Those are neat and trendy features, but I don’t see how they make it anything like Rogue or its ilk.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 33] 1 week ago:
Keeping a cast of dozens of main characters fresh in everyone’s minds is an incredibly difficult task. In order to succeed they’ve been doing lots of chapters that cram as many characters in them as possible, and I feel like that’s making it harder for them to do really interesting stories. It’s also slowed the rate at which new girlfriends are introduced; I think it’s about 1 per volume now. This doesn’t bode well for the goal of actually hitting 100, but we’ll see what happens.
- Comment on Any good Android games that aren't roguelikes? 1 week ago:
These days when people say roguelike they just mean a game that divides its gameplay into short, disconnected runs instead of one long, continuous save. It unfortunately has nothing to do with whether a game is anything like Rogue.
- Comment on [Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
They didn’t have to end it on such a sad note!
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 33] 1 week ago:
Recently re-watched most of the first few seasons of Demon Slayer right after having re-read the manga. Seeing the two versions side-by-side like that was fun; I was interested to find that a lot of the boring-ass demon backstories are much much shorter in the manga. I skipped over them this time as I was watching and it was a much better experience.
I also started watching Takopi’s Original Sin this week. I’m two episodes in and wow. That’s a dark, dark show. It’s kind of difficult to watch. Very well-executed though. I recommend it to anyone who doesn’t particularly feel like being happy.
I also started watching Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express. As WatDabney said, it’s a great time. I love how densely packed it is. They’re constantly either expanding on the characters, making a joke, or setting up for a joke. No downtime.
- Comment on Fan Subber 1 week ago:
I’ve heard a few people say this, but I think that’s incredibly rare these days. At the very least, I almost never see it.
- Comment on [Episode] Witch Watch - Episode 19 discussion 1 week ago:
And of course there are Wolf’s feelings to consider as well! Anyways, based on the title of the next episode they’ll be getting some attention next week so maybe we’ll find out.
- Comment on [Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you? 1 week ago:
I think the closest I’ve come is wanting to go camping after watching Yuru Camp. I bought a bunch of camping stuff, arranged with a friend to go camping, and then he flaked out and we never went. I used a bunch of it with my wife recently though (over a year later), so at least it wasn’t wasted.
Thanks for posting all these discussion questions btw.
- Comment on [Episode] The Summer Hikaru Died • Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu - Episode 6 discussion 1 week ago:
Maybe not the best choice for him to leave his classmates alone with Hikaru at this point, but I suppose it’s not like “makes good choices” is one of our main character’s traits in the first place.
- Comment on Crazy Right 1 week ago:
- Comment on Fan Subber 1 week ago:
how difficult is it to take a joke in one language and make it into a joke in a different language with the same vibe?
It can be extremely difficult. Often there are weird constraints like needing to preserve the first letters of one of the words, or two words both sounding similar and having similar meanings. One hour is completely believable to me. When it’s done right though it can really elevate the experience. My favorite example I’ve seen recently is from Yakitate!! Japan when they were making a Fist of the North Star Reference and the localizers changed “You are already germinated brown rice yeast” to “You are already bread”.
- Comment on Fan Subber 1 week ago:
I assume that if a native English speaker used machine translation to translate something to English and it sounded unnatural they’d correct it, but who knows.
- Comment on Fan Subber 1 week ago:
I assume those are mostly done by people for whom English is not their first language.
- Comment on What anime has the best worldbuilding? 1 week ago:
Do you mean UC Gundam? I’d have to disagree there. All the different stories that are supposed to happen at the same time in the One Year War don’t really mesh together well.
- Comment on "Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Urdr-Hunt" Main Visual 1 week ago:
I loved Iron-Blooded Orphans but it’s hard for me to care about something that’s based off a mobile game.
- Comment on What anime has the best worldbuilding? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah. Have you watched Season 3? It’s a great show, just not for worldbuilding reasons.
